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Your opinion wanted: future of DataTables support

allan — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:30:30 +0000

Hello all,

As you've probably all noticed, the forum has been getting rather busy of late - which is superb, but unfortunately it means that I'm not able to keep up with it and answer every question personally as I would like to. It also has a further knock on effect on the project as a whole since I'm spending all my time on support issues rather than developing the project further.

Please don't misunderstand - the asking of questions is excellent (it is how we all learn after all!), and it provides me with some very valuable insight into how DataTables is being used - which I've then been able to integrate into releases, and I've got plenty of ideas for this in future as well. It also keeps me sharp with finding issues :-). And a huge thank you to everyone who has been posting replies to questions in the forums - it's absolutely fantastic!

So, the basic question is how to move forward with the development / support balance? Fundamentally I have a limited amount of time to work on DataTables since a full time job is needed to pay the bills...! So the remaining time needs to be split between development and support (and life obviously), and I don't want to let the project stagnate by just answering questions in the forum all the time. I have a lot of ideas for how to improve DataTables (version 2 and beyond) - but these take time to develop.

There are a couple of options which spring to mind, and I've very much appreciate everyone's opinion - and please feel free to venture other ideas as well!

1. Forum is left as open discussion with little input from me, allowing development of DataTables to continue unabated.

2. The other extreme, which is more or less what is happening at the moment, I try to keep up with support requests and leave DataTables more or less stable as it is.

3. I answer only forum posts which have had a donation in their favour. Support packages might be a reasonable extension of this.

4. A 'secret' word that should be used in the thread - this 'secret' word would be listed as an FAQ. The idea being that it proves that the FAQ has been read before posting. I do plan to add to the FAQs...

5. Someone hires a full time DataTables support engineer / developer

Obviously each has its own plus and minus points - but I'd very much like to make an informed decision about how you all feel this should move forward.

Please feel free to post your opinion!

Regards,
Allan

DataTables 1.8.1 released

allan — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:17:14 +0000

Hello all,

I've just tagged and released DataTables 1.8.1, the first maintenance update for DataTables 1.8. This release is small in the number of changes, but it brings a number of welcome bug fixes and a few new features. Top of the new features list is that the two form elements DataTables uses (filter and length) are now wrapped in tags to aid accessibility. You'll also notice that when you click on the text "Search" it now focuses automatically on the filtering input box.

In terms of bug fixes the most significant change is in how scrolling is handled when x-scrolling is disabled but the space given to draw the table is too small. Previously DataTables would try its best and emit an error - which would result in misaligned columns. Now it won't enter that error state and simply draw the table as small as it can be. This is particularly noticeable on pages where the table resizes with the browser window and you make the browser window small.

DataTables 1.8.1 package download:
http://datatables.net/releases/DataTables-1.8.1.zip

As always release notes are available by clicking the "notes" link on the 1.8.1 download:
http://datatables.net/download

If you haven't yet taken the step from 1.7.x to 1.8, or you are new to DataTables you might find the blog post introducing 1.8 interesting:
http://datatables.net/blog/DataTables_1.8

What's new in 1.8:
http://datatables.net/new/1.8

Finally, please consider supporting DataTables further development and support by making a donation to the project :-)
http://datatables.net/donate

Enjoy!
Allan

External trigger call for Export CSV and PDF function

michaelwaisiu — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:54:41 +0000

If I want to trigger the export CSV, Export PDF call. How do I do it?

Rightnow, I am trying to trigger it by simulating the button click. But it's not working out for me please help.
When I use Fire Bug, I found out that there is a tag on top of the CSV

So I try to capture the button and click on it and capture the div tag and click on it. Both of them doesn't trigger the function. Please let me know.

ColReorder, ColVis and FixedColumns updates

allan — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:25:26 +0000

Hello all,

Along side the DataTables 1.8.1 release today I've also updated the ColReorder, ColVis and FixedColumns extras for DataTables to take advantage of the new features in DataTables 1.8 and also fix a few compatibility issues and outstanding bugs.

ColReorder 1.0.3: http://datatables.net/releases/ColReorder-1.0.3.zip
The ColReorder release is small maintenance release which brings this plug-in up to par with support for the new features in DataTables 1.8. This new release requires DataTables 1.8+ due to the handling of data, and as a few fixes in it.

ColVis 1.0.5: http://datatables.net/releases/ColVis-1.0.5.zip
New features include the ability to customise the labels used for the buttons through the use of a callback function (fnLabel), automatic sizing of the buttons for the list (rather than hardcoding CSS) and the ability to control the animation duration for the display of the button (iOverlay). Fixes include compatibility with Query 1.6+.

FixedColumns 2.0.1: http://datatables.net/releases/ColReorder-1.0.2.zip
New features include a new API method fnRedrawLayout which will redraw the 3x3 grid that FixedColumns uses based on current sizing information. Also the FixedColumns instance is now attached to the DataTables settings object as the property "oFixedColumns" to allow easy access if initialised with sDom in DataTables. There are also a number of new examples. Bug fixes include updates for jQuery UI themes and support for server-side processing in DataTables.

Full release notes are available on the downloads page ( http://datatables.net/download ) along with the individual Javascript files if you on'y want them. Documentation for each of these extras has been updated for the new versions.

If you find any issues with any of these releases please open a new thread in the forum so we can keep track of individual issues.

Enjoy!
Allan

Support and site updates

allan — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:56:10 +0000

Hello all,

Over the last few weeks I've been working on a number of updates to the DataTables site and how support for DataTables is conducted. I've reached the point where these new features are ready to roll and the site has now been updated.

The first and most obvious change in the new "Support / Buy" button at the top of each page. It is now possible to purchase a package for DataTables support, where each package is a given amount of support time. Support is still conducted through messages in the forum, and with the new forum it is possible to send either public or private support requests to me (perfect if, for example, you are working with confidential information).

In the information bar on the left of the forums page you will see a box which links to the new support purchase page. When you purchase a support package this will change into a box showing how much support time you have available on your account, which will be updated as I go through support requests. Purchasing support can be done through Google Checkout or PayPal - whichever you prefer to use. Purchasing support for DataTables helps keeps the project going and under constant development (I learn how DataTables is being used through support requests as well, so it has a direct effect on the future of the project)!

The forum is of course still free and open for everyone to use and ask questions, post ideas and new plug-ins for DataTables. I will continue to try and provide help to all users of the forum - but with the number of questions now it is getting hard to keep of top of it all, so priority will be given to paid support.

In terms of site updates, a number of the documentation pages have been updated to add new information and give helpful pointers. However the most significant addition is a new reference page: http://datatables.net/ref . This page is designed as a quick reference for the initialisation options and API methods of DataTables - there are quite a few of them now (interestingly enough, exactly 100 at the moment!). If you know the parameter you are looking for you can go straight to it and use the information for reference or you can search of parameter for a given topic (for example 'sort'). Also an anchor used in the URL is placed into the search for the table, allowing quick reference and linking of a given property - for example http://datatables.net/ref#mDataProp shows information about mDataProp immediately.

To go with these changes we of course have the new forum, courtesy of Vanilla 2. This is a great upgrade to the forum with a number of improvements and I've integrated it closely with the site and the requirements we have as a community.

It has been quite a trip with DataTables so far, and I'm really looking forward to the future of DataTables. I've got loads of plans for the future of the project - next up is a bookmarklet to help with debugging of DataTables, providing information about the state of a table so we can get to the root of a problem much quicker.

Thanks to all for your support and please do enjoy continuing to use DataTables :-)

Regards,
Allan

Introducing Scroller - Virtual Scrolling for DataTables

allan — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:56:01 +0000

Hello all,

As part of the DataTables 1.8 package I introduced a new "extra" called Scroller. This plug-in gives DataTables virtual scrolling capabilities, which basically means a scrolling table can be used to show very large datasets with great performance.

There is a blog post discussing Scrolling and how it works here:
http://datatables.net/blog/Introducing_Scroller_-_Virtual_Scrolling_for_DataTables

Documentation for Scroller is available here:
http://datatables.net/docs/Scroller/

And examples here:
http://datatables.net/extras/scroller/examples

Scroller was made possible thanks to the support from John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ( http://wiley.com/ ) and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank them for supporting the DataTables project!

Enjoy!
Allan

FixedColumns - v2 released

allan — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:30:11 +0000

Hello all,

I'm absolutely delighted to be able to announce the release of FixedColumns 2. This is a big upgrade for FixedColumns itself, but also for the DataTables project as whole moving forward. For those keen to get going immediately:

Download: http://datatables.net/releases/FixedColumns-2.0.0.zip
Documentation: http://datatables.net/docs/FixedColumns
Examples: http://datatables.net/extras/fixedcolumns/examples

This is effectively a rewrite of FixedColumns to ensure the speed of both draw and scrolling. Scrolling is now perfectly smooth in all browsers, regardless of the initialisation settings of either DataTables or FixedColumns thanks to the new 3x3 grid layout that is used. At the same time the draw speed has been significantly improved by using an internal cache of calculated heights. There is also a lot more control over the column widths used for the fixed columns, and resizing the browser window is now nice and smooth.

While this is a great upgrade for FixedColumns, for DataTables as a whole this is an important upgrade due to the work I've done on the documentation for the plug-in. While documentation might not be the most exciting thing in the world, I'm really quite excited about this! Thanks to the power of JSDoc 3 ( https://github.com/micmath/JSDoc - which is still in development btw!), fantastic support from the author, Michael Mathews, and a template that I've put together specifically for DataTables documentation - we now have useful, detailed, accessible, automatically generated documentation for FixedColumns. Check it out here: http://datatables.net/docs/FixedColumn .

Moving forward with DataTables, I plan to integration documentation like this for the core as well as all plug-in modules - hopefully making life easier for developers. If you have any feedback on the documentation and how it might be improved, your thoughts would be very welcome!

I'd like to thank the folks at Roadmap ( http://www.ppmroadmap.com/ ) for sponsoring the work on FixedColumns v2 who have been brilliant in helping out with the development!

Enjoy,
Allan

Forum changes

allan — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:33:51 +0000

You might have noticed that the forums have changed! This is part of an update to the site to improve how I can communicate on support matters for DataTable. It's quite possible that there will be some growing pains with the updated forums - if you do notice anything please do let me know by posting a new thread! Having said that - everything should continue to work as before.

I'll post more details when I finalise some of the other changes.

Regards,
Allan

reDraw is not working can you help me

Dhurga — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:23:26 +0000

reDraw is not working can you help me....................

Test Post

imdabeef — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:06:34 +0000

Could not get my previous discussion to Post, so just sending a test post

DataTables 1.8.0 released

allan — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:46:50 +0000

Hello all,

I'm absolutely delighted to be able to announce the release of DataTables 1.8. After 3 months in development, 1.8 is a significant release bringing a great deal of new flexibility to DataTables and some very useful features for you, the developers using DataTables.

There is a blog post discussing in more depth this new release here:
http://datatables.net/blog/DataTables_1.8

DataTables 1.8.0 package download:
http://datatables.net/releases/DataTables-1.8.0.zip

What's new in 1.8:
http://datatables.net/new/1.8

Upgrade notes:
http://datatables.net/upgrade/1.8

Finally, please support DataTables development and support by making a donation to the project :-)
http://datatables.net/donate

If you have any issues with the new release or upgrading from a previous version, please post your message in a new thread so we can keep track of individual issues.

Enjoy!
Allan

DataTables 1.8 beta 4 now available

allan — Mon, 30 May 2011 18:04:42 +0000

Hello all,

I'm very pleased to be able to tag and release DataTables 1.8 beta 4. This should be the last beta before the 1.8.0 release which I plan to do next week, baring any major mishaps! In that vain, please download and test this latest beta and ensure that it works okay on your system, reporting any issues here in the forum.

Beta 4 Package download: http://datatables.net/releases/DataTables-1.8.0.beta.4.zip

What's new in 1.8: http://datatables.net/new/1.8
Upgrade notes: http://datatables.net/upgrade/1.8
Original 1.8 announcement: http://datatables.net/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=4852

This latest beta is a tidy up of a few issues that have been found in the new features of the 1.8 release, and rounds off one or two rough edges. Of note:

- The jQuery XHR object that is used for server-side processing and Ajax sourced data is now attached to the table's settings object as 'jqXHR' so you can access it in any of the callback functions - useful for passing extra data around in just the one XHR.

- mDataProp can now be given as a function (in addition to the integer and string types already available), which allows pre-processing of data retrieved from the data source object. For example this could be used to get the length of an array or concatenate strings.

I'm very excited about the up-coming release of DataTables 1.8 - I've been using a lot of the new features day in, day out myself and they make working with complex data and DataTables significantly easier. Lots of great plans for moving DataTables forwards after the 1.8 release :-).

Enjoy!
Allan

DataTables 1.8 beta 2 released

allan — Sun, 08 May 2011 21:43:51 +0000

Hello all,

Following on from the recent released of the first DataTables 1.8 beta release, I'm really pleased to be able to update that to beta 2 now. This of course includes all the goodness of the previous beta but also now the ability for DataTables to use TH elements in the table body. This is particularly useful for progressive enhancement since the TH elements have semantic meaning, but can also be useful for styling the elements with easy CSS selctors.

In addition to this there are also a number of bug fixes from the first beta, including some improvements in the way column widths are calculated.

Beta 2 Package download: http://datatables.net/releases/DataTables-1.8.0.beta.2.zip

What's new in 1.8: http://datatables.net/new/1.8
Upgrade notes: http://datatables.net/upgrade/1.8
Original 1.8 announcement: http://datatables.net/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=4852

As always, I'd encourage you to try this latest beta and let me know of any feedback here in the forum.

Enjoy!
Allan

Serving CSV data in CGI mode

jmaupetit — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:53:04 +0000

Hi all!

For those who are interested in serving CSV data from a python cgi script to populate your datatables instance, I just wrote a blog post about it.

The url is available at:
http://julien.maupetit.alwaysdata.net/Blog/2011/05/05/serving-csv-data-cgi-mode-populate-jquery-datatabl/

Give me your feedback!

DataTables 1.8 beta 1 released

allan — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:24:37 +0000

Hello all,

It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of DataTables 1.8 beta 1! This release builds upon the previous versions of DataTables, adding functionality that you, the developers using DataTables, will hopefully find very useful! A good deal of work has gone into ensuring that this release of DataTables remains as backwards compatible as possible with the previous versions - so it should be a drop in replacement for DataTables 1.7.

What's new: http://datatables.net/new/1.8
Upgrade notes: http://datatables.net/upgrade/1.8
Package download: http://datatables.net/releases/DataTables-1.8.0.beta.1.zip

So a quick summary of some of the major new features:

Probably the biggest new feature in 1.8 is the ability to use any JSON object as a data source. Previously DataTables required a 2D array of data (this is still perfectly valid and the default operation) when using anything but the DOM as a data source, but now it is possible to give DataTables complex objects and have it use them. This is the subject of the first post in the new DataTables blog: http://datatables.net/blog/Extended_data_source_options_with_DataTables

Another major new feature is the ability to use complex headers (those with rowspan and colspan attributes on the cells) with dynamic column visibility. Previously only simple headers were supports with column visibility - now you can make your header and footer as complex as you like! There is also a performance option in this new release (bDeferRender) which will delay the creation of TR/TD nodes until they are needed when using an Ajax source - which can significantly boost performance of large tables.

There are a number of smaller new features and also a range of bug fixes. And all this for only 1.8KB more (when minified)!

While this release passes all the unit tests, please bare in mind that this is beta software - it is not suitable for production environments - just in case! Having said that, I would very much encourage everyone to download the new version and give it a go. Please open a new thread in the forum if you find any bugs - particularly upgrade bugs from 1.7.6.

Finally, if you are using DataTables and find it useful, please do consider making a donation. These donations allow me to continue developing and supporting DataTables: http://datatables.net/donate :-)

Enjoy!
Allan

Paypal / Google checkout alternatives?

allan — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:00:51 +0000

Hello all,

I recently updated the Donate and Support pages on the site to remove the MoneyBrookers form and replace it with Google Checkout. The MoneyBrookers one hadn't been used once in the two years the site has been up, so there was no point in keeping that around. Google Checkout looks great and all was going well, until they just froze the account since "Fund solicitation" isn't allowed through Google Checkout. So I've removed that as well now.

So this is why there aren't any alternatives to Paypal at the moment on the donate page.

If anyone has any suggestions for alternatives, they would be very welcome!

Regards,
Allan

Nuget Package for DataTables

betoxiq — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:29:31 +0000

I've created a Nuget package for dataTables:

http://nuget.org/List/Packages/jquery.datatables

This should make it easier for .Net users to get started with dataTables on their web applications.

Hope this is ok with you Allan :)

DataTables 1.7.6 released

allan — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:57:34 +0000

Hello all,

It is with great pleasure that I can release DataTables 1.7.6. This is a bug fix release of DataTables, which will likely draw the 1.7.x series of releases to a close (unless anything really serious is found!) so work can begin in ernest on the next major update.

DataTables 1.7 has proven itself in terms of stability, and this release increases that standing by fixing a number of small bugs and little niggles. I've been taking DataTables to its limits recently (and enjoyed it immensely!) and found a few little things which needed to be tidied up along the way. This release includes those fixes and a few other minor changes.

The latest release package (which includes all of the latest plug-ins including the newly releases ColVis 1.0.1, ColReorder 1.0.4 and TableTools 2.0.1) can be downloaded from here:
http://datatables.net/releases/DataTables-1.7.6.zip

Documentation as always is available on this site as a whole, particularly the usage and API sections:
http://datatables.net/usage
http://datatables.net/api

Release notes are available on the download page:
http://datatables.net/download

Finally, if you are using DataTables and find it useful, please do consider making a donation. These donations allow me to continue developing DataTables: http://datatables.net/donate :-)

Enjoy!
Allan

TableTools 2 released!

allan — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:25:30 +0000

Hello all,

I'm absolutely delighted to be able to release TableTools 2! It's been quite a while in coming, but the code is now complete, the documentation is online and the download is primed and ready for you to hit!

Check out the examples:
http://datatables.net/release-datatables/extras/TableTools/

And download the source (stick it in the DataTables "extras" directory):
http://datatables.net/releases/TableTools-2.0.0.zip

Documentation:
http://datatables.net/extras/tabletools/

Some details:
TableTools 2 is a complete rewrite of the original v1 software providing _much_ greater flexibility of the buttons TableTools can set up and including a couple of great new features. The first of those features is user row selection - when initialising TableTools you can now select a 'single' or 'multi' (the default is 'none') row selection, allowing easy interaction with the table. The other major new feature is PDF export. While the visual appearance of the file is quite basic, it can be modified as you need using the TableTools source.

Despise these new features, the real "meat" in TableTools 2 is it's super configurable buttons. TableTools 2 is now a real toolbar for DataTables which can be extended to provide custom buttons beyond the default ones so easily now. There are also a lot of built-in button types which can be readily extended to do exactly what you want.

Possibly the best part of this release is that TableTools now has detailed documentation ( http://datatables.net/extras/tabletools/ )! Actually, with this release all first-class plug-ins for DataTables enjoy the same level of documentation as DataTables itself! :-)

If you happen find any issues with TableTools 2, please open a new thread with the details there (so we don't have overlapping conversations here).

Finally, if you are finding DataTables / TableTools or any of the other software on this site useful, please make a donation. These donations allow me to continue developing DataTables, TableTools and everything else here:
http://datatables.net/donate

Enjoy!
Allan

ColVis v1.0.4 released

allan — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:52:02 +0000

Hello all,

Along side the other releases I've been working on recently is an update to ColVis, which is now up to v1.0.4. This new release of ColVis sees a couple of new features, new examples and a number of bug fixes. The biggest new feature is the addition of a 'restore to original state' button (bRestore). There is also now a callback function for ColVis to let you know when a column's state has changed, which can be useful for controlling multiple tables with the same columns, as shown in one of the new examples ( http://datatables.net/release-datatables/extras/ColVis/two_tables_identical.html ).

This latest release can be downloaded from here (or the downloads page):
http://datatables.net/releases/ColVis-1.0.4.zip

Full documentation is available here:
http://datatables.net/extras/colvis/

Enjoy!
Allan

ColReorder v1.0.1 released

allan — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:49:04 +0000

Hello all,

I'm very pleased to be able to release an update to ColReorder. ColReorder has been on version 1.0.0 since October last year now, and this release fixes a couple of little bugs which have cropped up since then. The main one is that ColReorder now works correctly with jQuery UI theming in DataTables. This release also includes a couple of new demos showing ColReorder in action.

This latest release can be downloaded from here (or the downloads page):
http://datatables.net/releases/ColReorder-1.0.1.zip

Full documentation is available here:
http://datatables.net/extras/colreorder/

Enjoy!
Allan

TableTools 2.0.1 now available

allan — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 16:20:28 +0000

Hello all,

I'm really pleased to be able to release TableTools 2.0.1. Although a minor version number, this release includes a couple of great new features and a number of important bug fixes.

New features include the ability to customise the selection class used for the row selecting options in TableTools, the ability to customise saved PDFs a bit more (title, message, page size and orientation. There is also a new API method (fnResizeButtons and it's companion fnResizeRequired) which will resize Flash buttons if needed (for example if initialised in a hidden element - i.e. a tab). Finally for the new features there is 'bSelectedOnly' for the copy, and save buttons which allows the output to be limited to only selected rows if set to true.

The new parameters and methods introduced are:

Initialisation option: sSelectedClass - http://datatables.net/extras/tabletools/initialisation#sSelectedClass
Button option: bSelectedOnly - http://datatables.net/extras/tabletools/button_options#bSelectedOnly
Button option: sPdfOrientation - http://datatables.net/extras/tabletools/button_options#sPdfOrientation
Button option: sPdfMessage - http://datatables.net/extras/tabletools/button_options#sPdfMessage
Button option: sPdfSize - http://datatables.net/extras/tabletools/button_options#sPdfSize
API function: fnResizeButtons - http://datatables.net/extras/tabletools/api#fnResizeButtons
API function: fnResizeRequired - http://datatables.net/extras/tabletools/api#fnResizeRequired

In terms of bug fixes, there are two important fixes: firstly collections could suffer from not being able to save a file more than once in IE, the second fix addresses the use of save buttons in collections which could under certain circumstances cause some browsers to freeze.

Download:
http://datatables.net/releases/TableTools-2.0.1.zip

Examples:
http://datatables.net/extras/tabletools/examples

Full documentation:
http://datatables.net/extras/tabletools/

As always, if you enjoy using TableTools / DataTables please consider making a donation - these donations allow me to continue developing and supporting this software :-) - http://datatables.net/donate

Enjoy!
Allan

FixedColumns - v1.1.0 released

allan — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:31:02 +0000

Hello all,

I'm very pleased to be able to release the next version of FixedColumns, which includes a fair number of updates and new features:

- Columns can now be fixed from the right as well as the left!
- Scrolling is _much_ faster when x or y scrolling (still working on improving it for when scrolling both directions)
- Multiple rows in the THEAD and TFOOT element are now supported
- New examples: http://datatables.net/extras/fixedcolumns/examples
- Bug fixes

- Documentation:
http://datatables.net/extras/fixedcolumns/

- Download:
http://datatables.net/releases/FixedColumns-1.1.0.zip

DataTables and it's plug-ins are made possible by your donations. If you find this software useful, please consider making a donation ( http://datatables.net/donate ) so it can continue to be supported and developed.

Enjoy!
Allan

Feedback request for API improvements

allan — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:29:04 +0000

Hello all,

I've been thinking about what I would like to do for DataTables 1.8 recently, and one of the key features I'd like to improve about DataTables are its API methods. As always with APIs any changes need to be considered carefully in order to ensure that the upgrade doesn't completely break existing applications. As such, I would like to request some feedback from you all. I do not wish to make changes such as renaming functions or moving parameters around (a major break in the API I would call 2.0), but what I do propose is:

- Making the API functions apply to all table elements in any array of DataTables objects (effectively removing iApiIndex). So for example if you use oTable = $('.datatable').dataTable(); which matches 3 tables and then oTable.fnFilter('hello'), that would filter all three tables. What I propose in order to allow single initialisation and individual table API control is two fold - 1. the object retrieval that is currently present (meaning you could actually do single initialisation and multiple API control), and 2. add a new API function called 's' (for selector, possibly fnSelector would be better...). This way you could do something like oTable.s(':first').fnFilter('hello').

- Anywhere a node can be passed in (for example in fnAddData), you should be able to pass in either a jQuery object (with whatever selector has been used and the resulting nodes) or an array of nodes.

- Harmonisation of redraw options - I'm considering dropping the automatic call to redraw the table on all functions (for example fnFilter would need to be followed by a call to fnDraw), or including it in all functions. Function aliases could potentially be used for this.

Any thoughts or suggestions on this are most welcome!

Regards,
Allan

DataTables 1.7 beta released - beta 4!

allan — Wed, 26 May 2010 08:20:52 +0000

Hello all,

*Update 30 May 2010*: DataTables 1.7 beta 2 has now been released.
*Update 12 June 2010*: DataTables 1.7 beta 3 has now been released.
* Update 12 July 2010*: DataTables 1.7 beta 4 has now been release - see http://datatables.net/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=2279

It is with great pleasure that I can release DataTables 1.7 beta! A lot of work has been put into making DataTables more flexible and easier to work with for you the developer, and also adding a number of key new features which will be visible to the end user.

Main new features:
- True scrolling: http://datatables.net/beta/1.7/examples/basic_init/scroll_y_theme.html
- Column definitions: http://datatables.net/beta/1.7/examples/advanced_init/column_render.html
- DataTables object retrieval: http://datatables.net/beta/1.7/examples/api/regex.html

A full list of new features, descriptions and instructions on how to use them can be found here: http://datatables.net/new/1.7 . Furthermore, upgrade instructions are available here: http://datatables.net/upgrade/1.7 - for more applications 1.7 will be a drop in replacement, but check these notes if you run into any problems.

As well as new features, there are a number of bug fixes, updates and performance improvements. Full release notes: http://datatables.net/download .

Download 1.7 beta directly: http://datatables.net/releases/dataTables-1.7.beta.3.zip

If you are finding DataTables useful, please consider making a donation so I can continue to develop DataTables software like this 1.7 release: http://datatables.net/donate :-)

Enjoy!
Allan

datatables plugin for web2py (Video)

rochacbruno — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:57:47 +0000

HI, I am creating a datatables plugin for web2py python web framework.

I made a video demosntration on how it works -> http://vimeo.com/18447603

More info on:
Source Code and Docs: http://butbucket.org/rochacbruno
The framework: http://web2py.com
The plugin site: http://powertable.blouweb.com

Bruno Rocha
http://about.me/rochacbruno

Support

allan — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:26:52 +0000

Hello all,

At times (when you are reading this post is likely one of them!) you will want support with a DataTables specific issue. Be it an integration problem, CSS formatting, a Javascript error - whatever, it can be very useful to have support at hand. DataTables has a fantastic and growing community in this forum (and blog posts around the web etc) of very knowledgeable people, so please post your question in the forum and allow people to respond.

DataTables is an open source project run by just one person for the love of creating high quality software. Unfortunately (although it is not a bad thing!) the popularity of DataTables has got to the point now that I am unable to personally respond to every support request in the forum.

If you require or want support for DataTables, please post your question in the forum and then click the 'Support' button at the top of the page to make a donation. I'll answer your question as promptly as possible. The donation amount should be whatever the support question is worth to you - there is no fixed amount (although support packages might be considered in the future). Also please indicate the forum thread ID of your post in the support form. This allows me to track and prioritise support requests for which a donation has been made.

I will try to read all posts and take pro-active action if I believe there is a bug in DataTables - there is absolutely no question of the core software being unsupported!

Regards,
Allan

DataTables 1.7.5 released

allan — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:23:23 +0000

Hello all,

I'm very pleased to be able to announce the availability of DataTables v1.7.5! There are a number of items worth noting in this new release, but the primary one is the re-written sorting algorithm that DataTables uses. You'll find it to be much more efficient, particularly in IE.

Other improvements include a number of bug fixes and tidy up points, as well as the introduction of a new initialisation parameter bScrollAutoCss - this allows you to control the scrolling styles via CSS rather than having DataTables do it automatically. Also of note is that the column visibility options will now take into account multiple rows in the header and footer.

As always the download and release notes are here:

- Download: http://datatables.net/releases/DataTables-1.7.5.zip
- Release notes: http://datatables.net/download

And finally, if you are using DataTables and find it useful, please do consider making a donation. These donations allow me to continue developing DataTables: http://datatables.net/donate .

Enjoy!
Allan

DataTables 1.7.4 released

allan — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 09:57:51 +0000

Hello all,

I'm very pleased to announce the latest release of DataTables - v1.7.4. This release includes a number of bug fixes in DataTables itself and general maintenance of the various support libraries, examples and packages. This release also includes the latest version of all first class plug-ins for DataTables, and the bundle includes the new ColReorder plug-in.

As always the download and release notes are here:

- Download: http://datatables.net/releases/DataTables-1.7.4.zip
- Release notes: http://datatables.net/download

And finally, if you are using DataTables and find it useful, please do consider making a donation. These donations allow me to continue supporting and developing DataTables: http://datatables.net/donate

Enjoy!
Allan

DataTables and ASP.NET MVC 2

johannes — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:29:27 +0000

Hi all,
I started a project on codeplex to support DataTables with the usage of ASP.NET MVC 2.
Have a look at
http://datatablesmvc.codeplex.com
for further information.

Johannes